Which players moving forward would you keep - sell - bin ?

[GreenCastle]

Contract expiry of the players below - who should we keep - sell (any takers??! ) - bin ?

Are certain players really playing for their futures ?

Are players on longer term contracts in a comfort zone ?

Who would we want to come in - names / positions ?

Thoughts?

2012 -

Stack - bin
M.Brown - bin
M.Hart - bin
I.Murray - retiring at end of season? Youth Coaching staff?
R.Towell - keep
L.Stevenson - bin
V.Palsson - bin - unless he starts improving to where he should be
S.Welsh - not seen enough
G.O'Connor - keep
J.Agogo - undecided
A.Sodje - undecided
L.Griffiths - keep

2013 -

S.O'Hanlon - sell ?
D.Stevens - undecided
D.Wotherspoon - keep
D.Galbraith -keep
M.Thornhill - keep
I.Sproule - keep
I.Osbourne - keep

2014 -

M.Scott -undecided

2015 -

Callum Booth - keep

2016 -

Paul Hanlon - keep

[Spike Mandela]

Don't mean to be flippant but there are none at the club that I would be that bothered about getting rid of.

There is nobody in this team that inspires allegiance for me.

[Elephant Stone]

I'd want to see how they perform under PF before deciding who to bin, they're not playing anywhere near to their potential at the moment.

[SkintHibby]

Keep Sproule? Yer havin a giraffe surely!!!

[blackpoolhibs]

Fenlon can get rid of the lot bar two or three, most are not good enough imo. Obviously i'd get rid of certain players first, but we have a squad of very poor players, and only a couple of them again imo are worth persevering with.

[muzzhfc]

i would send spoony and booth out on loan for some positive environment. get their confidence back as for the rest. bin with the possible exception of hanlon, he is a decent defender and we havent seen him play with a good defense yet. theres no danger we are holding on to garry o so not bothered, never been a big fan of ivan tbh as i think he is a one trick poney. id actually keep galbraith thinking about it

[GreenCastle]

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Keep Sproule? Yer havin a giraffe surely!!!

Wasn't sure - but still think he would be decent off the bench.

[James70]

I'm sure that there are no poor players in our squad.

However they need to be organised, motivated, some are lacking confidence and some need their rses kicked.

It will be interesting to see how they are performing after 3 or 4 weeks working under the new management team.

There may be one or two who don't relish a new work ethic but their may also be half a dozen who thrive on it.

Only time will tell.

[greenlex]

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Contract expiry of the players below - who should we keep - sell (any takers??! ) - bin ?

Are certain players really playing for their futures ?

Are players on longer term contracts in a comfort zone ?

Who would we want to come in - names / positions ?

Thoughts?

2012 -

Stack - bin
M.Brown - bin
M.Hart - bin
I.Murray - retiring at end of season? Youth Coaching staff?
R.Towell - keep
L.Stevenson - bin
V.Palsson - bin - unless he starts improving to where he should be
S.Welsh - not seen enough
G.O'Connor - keep
J.Agogo - undecided
A.Sodje - undecided
L.Griffiths - keep

2013 -

S.O'Hanlon - sell ?
D.Stevens - undecided
D.Wotherspoon - keep
D.Galbraith -keep
M.Thornhill - keep
I.Sproule - keep
I.Osbourne - keep

2014 -

M.Scott -undecided

2015 -

Callum Booth - keep

2016 -

Paul Hanlon - keep

Out of that lot the only ones I would keep at this particular moment in time are in no particular order Hanlon Booth Osbourne Stephens and ....... Well that's about it.

[hibsbollah]

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Keep Sproule? Yer havin a giraffe surely!!!

i'd keep Sproule too, so you can roll those eyes.At the moment; Stephens, Osbourne, Ivan, O'Connor.

[Saorsa]

The 3 in my sig + Griffiths though I doubt we'd get him permanently, the rest TBH can

[jacomo]

"moving forward"? As opposed to what, moving backwards?

[NORTHERNHIBBY]

Lewis Stevenson has surely played his last game in a Hibs shirt. Miserable showing.

[glenberviehibee]

bin the lot total bunch of crap

[PeterboroHibee]

Pretty much all of them can go, they are terrible. Osbourne looks a class above them all every time I see him play.

[johnrebus]

Booth, Hanlon, Wotherspoon and Osbourne.

[basehibby]

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I'd want to see how they perform under PF before deciding who to bin, they're not playing anywhere near to their potential at the moment.

I think some of the current underperformers could show up a lot better with some consistently good coaching. Far too often I've seen players wandering about the pitch like lost sheep this season and this is largely due to a lack of strong and consistent leadership from the dugout IMO.

That's not to say that our current squad is anywhere near good enough to be where we want it to be though - there are some glaring weaknesses which Fenlon will need to address and I would certainly hope that means better players coming in in some positions.

PS - the OP has a short memory re goalkeepers if he thinks we ought to dump Stack and Brown. It's been many years since we've had two such reliable custodians between the sticks to call upon - just a shame that now we've finally got round to it the rest of the team are pish!

[Andy74]

I wouldn't be bothered if none of them played for us again.

[macidee1875]

would punt o'conner and sproule. Both brought in to boost season ticket sales. Not had the desired effect and now both displaying stinking attitudes.

[matty_f]

I don't know what Wotherspoon has done to merit being kept on, he's one if the players who frequently costs us goals, picks bad options, and generally doesn't show up in games. When was his last good game for us?

I'd keep Stack and Brown.

From the defence I like Stephens who has loads of potential. After that I wouldn't be gutted to see any of them go.

Midfielders - Osbourne is a good player, probably the best at the club at present. I'd keep him, Ivan, Palsson (I think he's capable but needs work). Nobody else really sticks out.

O'Connor from the forwards. I don't get the fuss over Griffiths, so far he has looked every bit the player trying to step up a level from Firsy Divisionn football and not quite getting there. Agogo isn't good enough and if Sodje isn't impressing enough to get a start in this squad then he can go too.

Amazingly we have managed to spectacularly screw up the opportunity to overhaul the squad from last season.

[GreenCastle]

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I think some of the current underperformers could show up a lot better with some consistently good coaching. Far too often I've seen players wandering about the pitch like lost sheep this season and this is largely due to a lack of strong and consistent leadership from the dugout IMO.

That's not to say that our current squad is anywhere near good enough to be where we want it to be though - there are some glaring weaknesses which Fenlon will need to address and I would certainly hope that means better players coming in in some positions.

PS - the OP has a short memory re goalkeepers if he thinks we ought to dump Stack and Brown. It's been many years since we've had two such reliable custodians between the sticks to call upon - just a shame that now we've finally got round to it the rest of the team are pish!

Fair point - with a steady back 4 then maybe they would look better - still think they both have faults - dealing with crosses being one.

[GreenCastle]

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Contract expiry of the players below - who should we keep - sell (any takers??! ) - bin ?

Are certain players really playing for their futures ?

Are players on longer term contracts in a comfort zone ?

Who would we want to come in - names / positions ?

Thoughts?

2012 -

Stack - bin
M.Brown - bin
M.Hart - bin
I.Murray - retiring at end of season? Youth Coaching staff?
R.Towell - keep
L.Stevenson - bin
V.Palsson - bin - unless he starts improving to where he should be
S.Welsh - not seen enough
G.O'Connor - keep - Possibly going to OF ?
J.Agogo - undecided - Gone according to reports
A.Sodje - undecided
L.Griffiths - keep

2013 -

S.O'Hanlon - sell ?
D.Stevens - undecided
D.Wotherspoon - keep
D.Galbraith -keep- Needs to show us what he has
M.Thornhill - keep - Gone / Going according to reports
I.Sproule - keep - Needs to show us he's a worth a start
I.Osbourne - keep - Seeing his form this season - glad he's staying

2014 -

M.Scott -undecided

2015 -

Callum Booth - keep

2016 -

Paul Hanlon - keep

UPDATED A MONTH ON - SEE BOLD ABOVE -

Seems next season the team whether be in Division 1 or SPL is going to be totally different - those out of contract in 2012 can start speaking to clubs in January - will they be really bothered what league Hibs will be in next season if they know they aren't getting a new contract ?

Could this be a big problem in the team ?

[yekimevol]

Stack - keep
M.Brown - bin
M.Hart - bin
I.Murray - keep
R.Towell - bin
L.Stevenson - bin
V.Palsson - keep - unless he starts improving to where he should be
S.Welsh - bin
G.O'Connor - keep
J.Agogo - bin
A.Sodje - keep
L.Griffiths - keep

S.O'Hanlon - bin
D.Stevens - keep
D.Wotherspoon - keep
D.Galbraith -keep
M.Thornhill - bin
I.Sproule - keep
I.Osbourne - keep
M.Scott -keep
Callum Booth - keep
Paul Hanlon - keep

[Sir David Gray]

There is no-one in the squad that I would be at all botherd about if they were to leave over the next few months.

Seriously.

[GreenCastle]

How many genuine leaders would you say we have in that squad ?

How many fans favourites do we have compared to previous years ? Players fans know always give 100% win, lose or draw and the fans know they genuinely give their all ?

Part of the problem we find ourselves in right now at ER - lack of bond with the team as the performances and quality has been so bad with no direction on the field from a player who can rally the team when winning or when games are close.

[greenlex]

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Out of that lot the only ones I would keep at this particular moment in time are in no particular order Hanlon Booth Osbourne Stephens and ....... Well that's about it.

This. A month on

[zero-seven]

are you all nuts ? why keep any of them ?

get rid of them all including petrie keep "the green messi ", Griffith, maybe Stevenson..the rest ..start looking for clubs boys

pathetic waste of money the lot of them

[Brooster]

Stephens? Ive seen ships turn quicker than him. Bin him.

[GreenCastle]

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are you all nuts ? why keep any of them ?

get rid of them all including petrie keep "the green messi ", Griffith, maybe Stevenson..the rest ..start looking for clubs boys

pathetic waste of money the lot of them

Realistically we won't get rid of all of them - although I can understand why many fans think that right now. Several players we have playing each week would be squad players.

It costs money to release players still under contract - unless bids are made for them - I can't see many teams being impressed by many of our players though.

Doyle should have been added to that list summer 2013 his contract runs out - I believe?

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/footbal...6908-23657904/

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Stephens? Ive seen ships turn quicker than him. Bin him.

Really? I think Stephens has got great potential. He's got the odd "Bombscare" moment in him i.e his mistake up at Perth, but it's all part of a learning process.

He'll come good